Water-closet-flushing apparatus.



No. 653,750. Patented luly 17,1900;

C. N. MAHCELLUS.

WATER CLDSET FLUSHING APPARATUS.

(Application led Nov. 8, 1899.) (No Model.)

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UNITED STATES- PATENT OFFICE.V

CHARLES N. MARCELLUS, OF TOLEDO, OHIO.

WATER-CLOSET-FLUSHING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 653,750, dated July 17, 1900. Application filed November 8, 1899. Serial No. ,736,238.` (No model.)

To a/ZZ w/Lom it may concern:

Beit known that LCHARLES NMARCELLUS, a citizen` of the United States, residing at Toledo, Lucas county, Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Water- Closet-Flushing Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

Among the diiiiculties encountered in the use of many of the flushing devices for waterclosets heretofore in use are the uncertainty of opera-tion of Heat-controlled valves, the` leaking of iioats, the rapid deterioration of valves and their seats by reason of the leaking of minute streams of water therethrough,

and the noises occasioned by the gradual and,l

`the inlet and outlet valves shall not be dependent upon any automatic devices for their opening and closing, in which these valves shall be readily operated manually by a single movement, and in which noise, leaks, and wear of valves and their seats shall be reduced to a minimum. I attain these Vob'- jects by means of the mechanism and arrangement of parts hereinafter described, and

shown and illustrated inthe accompanyingdrawings, made parthereof, in which-'- Figure 1 is a front elevation 'of my device with the front cover removed, partly in' section, and with portions ofthe valvc-casings cut away to expose their interior; and Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same in section on line w as, Fig. y1.

Like numerals of referenejindicate like parts in both figures.

In the drawings, 1 1 are a pair of cylinders or equivalent chambers, closed except at bottom, Where pipes 2 2 are connected with these chambers or vessels. In practice the closed vessels 1 1 are designed to be concealed in the wall back of the seat; but if the Wall does not permitthis arrrangement the parts 1 1 may beplaced on either side of the walland ex# posed. Y

3 is a water-supplypipe leadingintovalve box 4, from Whichlead two ports 5 5 into valve-boxes 6 6, which are respectively connected through pipes 2 2 with the chambers or .vessels 1.1. The valve-boxes 6 6 are each provided with an outlet 7',-from which lead pipes 8 8. These pipes unite, as at. 9, and discharge through a common orifice into the bowl of the closet. The valve-box 4 is connected With the valveboxes 6 by suitable unions 10 10. The front faces of the two valve-boxes 6 lie in the same plane, and the space between them is filled by a removable cover A, which protects the gearing, hereinafter to be described.

In the passages 5 5 are valves 11 11, having seats 12. These valves are preferably compression-valves,or valves of the type known as the Fuller valve. In the mouth of each of the two outlets 7 7 is a valve-seat for valves 13 13. These valves are pivoted and arranged to swing as a door, as shown at 14, and are of sufficient area to permit the Water to be rapidly discharged therethrough into the flushing-pipe 8. 15 is ashaftjournaled and supported in the valve-box 4 and the .casing of the device. That portion of the shaft 15 within the valvebox 4 is formed into a crank 16, which crank is engaged bythe stems 17 of the valves 11. As these valves are disposed at opposite sides ofA the crank, it Will be seen that by a halfturn of the crank one valve will be closed, while at the same time the other one will be opened.

18 18 are shafts at a right angle tothe shaft 15, projecting through the Walls of the valveboXes 6 6 and journaled and supported therein 'and in brackets 19 upon the casing of the box 4. The extremity of each of these shafts which projects into the valve-box is provided with a crank 20, which cranks engage,

respectively, the valves 13 13. By turning eitherof the shafts 18 upon its axis its con nected valve is opened or closed.

The shaft l5, Where it passes through the wall of the valve-box 4, is provided with a stuffing-box 15?, The shafts 18 18,Where they ICO pass through the wall of thevalve-box 6, are each provided with a stuffing-box 18. Y

Fixed upon the shaft 15 near its outer end is a beveled gear-wheel 21, which engages upon opposite sides of its periphery two beveled gear-wheels 22 22, xed, respectively, upon the adjacent extremities of the shafts 18 18. The relative proportions of these beveled gear-wheels 21 22 are such that a halfturn of wheel 21 will cause a quarter-turn of wheels 22, and the arrangement of these gearwheels and their shafts is such that a halfturn of the wheel 21 and its shaft will close one of the valves 11 and open the other valve l1 and will also close one of the valves 13 and open the other valve 13.

23 is a short shaft journaled and supported in the casing of the device, having an arm or lever 24, by which the various parts of my device are operated manually. Upon the shaft 23 is fixed the segment of a gearwheel 25, which engages a pinion 26, iixed upon the extremity of shaft 15. The relative proportions of the segment. 25 and pinion 26 are such that a slight throw of the lever 24 will cause the full throw of the connected valves 11 13.

The operation of my device is as follows: Assuming that the parts are assembled and secured in proper relation, that the inlet or supply pipe 3 is connected up, and that the outlet or liushing pipes 8 8 are connected to the seat or bowl of the closet, now if the lethis valve.

ver be thrown to the position shown in the drawings one of the valves 13 will be opened, and the water contained in the vessel 1 connected therewith will be discharged through At the same moment the valve 11 in the supply-port leading into the chainber of the valve through which the flushing is taking place is closed to prevent access of Water through the supply-pipe 3. vAll of the water in the vessel referred to runs out by gravity, and the air finds its way through the open valve 13, valve-box 6, and connection 2 into the vessel 1. The same operation which has opened one of the .valves 13. and' closed one of the valves 11 has also simultaneously closed the opposite valve 13 and opened the opposite valve 11. W'aterV from the supplypi pe 3 now enters the opposite vessel 1 through port 5, compressing the air therein u ntil the resistance of the air in the chamber equals the pressure of the supply in pipe 3, and thus the device stands until it is again used. Now when the lever 24 is again moved it will be in the direction opposite from that above referred to, and the movement of the four valves will be the reverse of that above described. Thus alternately the empty vessel will be filled and the filled vessel will be emptied. It will be seen that the compressed air by its resiliency causes the rapid discharge of the water through the flushingpipes when the valve is first opened. It will also be seen that all of the four valves are moved and seated positively and manually without the intervention of any iioat or other automatic mechanism, thus insuring the proper seating of the valves, preventing leaks therethrough, and avoiding the disagreeable whistling noises due to the slow or improper seating of the valves.-

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

In a flushing apparatus, a pair of vessels or chambers, a water-supply connected with each of said vessels, a pair of inlet-valves to control the water-supply to said vessels, a flushing-conduit connected with each of said vessels, a pair of outlet-valves to control the discharge of water-from said vessels into said conduit, a shaft, a crank thereon, connections between said valves and said crank, and connections between 'said outletvalves and said shaft, whereby, by the rotation of said shaft, all of said valves are actuated 'simultaneously- CHARLES N. MARCELLUS.

WILBUR A. OWEN, L. E. BROWN. 

